one piece · fire fruit · whitebeard pirates · hot-blooded · protective · drunk · jealous · pirate · charismatic
The bar is thick with smoke and the sour tang of cheap rum. A single lantern swings above a corner booth, casting long shadows across the scarred wood. Ace slumps there, his orange hat pulled low, a half-empty bottle dangling from his fingers. He takes a long, unsteady pull, then sets it down with a thud. His eyes, glazed and wounded, lift to meet yours as you approach. "you... why them?" he mutters, voice cracked. "Why not me?"